A Day of Unfortunate Events

Chapter 8: Antidote

*Preview*

 I was never going to see that goofy smile again

      Shock

      I will never hear the nerdy rambles again

      Shock

      I should have said something to him to stop him

       “Raise the power to 100%!!!” was shouted loudly and another few sickening shocks were heard.

      He’s just a kid…..

      “There is a pulse!!!”

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Wanda’s P.O.V.

      Wanda’s head was spinning. She knew that Peter had been there in the corner, but she just couldn’t bring herself to take a look at him. He was like her brother, and seeing him injured would have definitely broken her. She was here for a reason and she would first finish  it. They had already taken down Steve, Bucky and Nat who were on the upper level. All this time, she had been ignoring the blood, which was just… everywhere. On the roof, walls and on the floor….oh the floor! It was painted red! Along with most of the furniture. There were trails and trails of the colour on the floor. They were currently on the way down towards the labs, where they were saying that others were. They first found Sam who was passed out on the floor and a big day dent opposite him. The paramedics there were saying that he likely had a concussion. He was given the antidote.

      Her job was to make them sleep, unresponsive, but most of them were already in that position. Tony was passed out in the Hulk room. There were many cracks on the floor and the walls and floor were blackened. He was just knocked unconscious.

      Thor was awake, but he was back to his original self. He was a god after all. But he had tear tracks on his face. Guilt and remorse was etched on his face. He didn’t say a word when he was let out the chains. He just collapsed out of the room when he saw the blood.

   “I- I shock-shocked him, Wanda, electrocuted him..” Was all he could manage before closing his eyes and just resting them in his eyes. Her eyes widened at the confession, her little brother was electrocuted over all the injuries. She was going to ask him how, when they heard a thump coming from inside the room. It was Clint. Coming down from the vents.

      And man did he look deadly! If anyone could have seen him right now, they would have understood why he was counted among the world’s deadliest and coldest assassins. His whole face and posture was screaming murder. Wanda knew it was now or never. She slowly started to force herself in his mind and started to make him sleep. It worked after a while, or after he had taken down two of the SHIELD agents and was being restrained. It usually never took her so long, but it was hard for her to use her magic on her loved ones. She only knew how she was able to do it on Viso- no, nope, not going down that path right now…. 

……….

      Everyone was done now, All of them laid in the medical ward which was a floor below the labs. Thor was with her, having given the antidote as a precautionary measure. They were currently outside the surgical room. She was the one who had brought Peter down the two levels as a gurney would have done more damage than good. She had vomited her entire breakfast the second he was laid down for the surgeons. Dr. Cho had been there behind them on the quinjet ready to take on any injuries. Bruce had wanted to help her, but they all knew that he wouldn’t have been able to see Peter in such condition. 

      Her whole body was still shaking. She never thought that she would ever see Peter in such a condition. Even Dr. Cho’s face had paled when she first saw him. Happy had been there a few minutes ago, but went to get Pepper from the compound. She had been on bed rest. This pregnancy had been a lot for her body, and she was due in a few weeks, so it was the best option. Almost all of the Avengers lived there. They were staying at the tower for the week, to finish some stuff up. It was a miracle that their medical was still stocked. They were going to move the lab and medical stuff the day after tomorrow. 

      Bruce and Thor were sitting beside her. Thor was a bit woozy after the antidote but had talked to no one, opting to stare blankly at the wall in front of them. The SHIELD team was taking pictures and all that boring stuff. The only thing which mattered that was confirmed was that all the blood was all Peter’s. He had lost a lot of it. Just then the main medical door burst open and MJ and Ned walked in. Wanda got up from her place.

      They wanted to come in, but were told to wait for some time. Ned had tears brimming in his eyes, while Michelle had them running freely from her eyes.   “Where is he?” Mj choked out.

   “In the surgical room” Wanda replied, voice equally shaky. Mj just took a shuddering breath, walked a few steps and collapsed on a chair, face in her hands as she tried to gather herself. Ned strided towards, sat beside her and side hugged her, trying to comfort her.

   “What hap- happened?” she asked

   “It was most likely a hydra attack, at least that’s what Fury and agent Hill are thinking -” Wanda answered truthfully, not intending to lie to the kids. They deserve to know the truth. “- There was a gas, it made them go rogue, he went in, and-” Wanda choked on her own words as she tried to keep herself from breaking down. They were still to see the footage, but they knew it was bad. She sort of collapsed on the floor with her hand over her mouth, biting back a sob. Bruce came by her side to calm her. Though he too had tears in his eyes.

   “How bad…” was all Mj asked.

   “It was bad, really bad Mj, we lost him estimatedly for 6 whole minutes…” Bruce said before breaking down besides Wanda, burying his head in her hair as he “tried” to comfort her. A heart wrenching sob escaped MJ at the confession and she again burrowed her face in her hands. Shoulders rocking with sobs. Ned had tears running down his face. 

      “What is going on?” A voice came from behind. They turned to look at the common ward to come face to face with very- very distraught Avengers clenching ice packs on different places.

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(A/N)

Hi

I want to make a few things clear, which are, that even though I know that MCU has an American setting, I have, am and would be using British english, as I can't make myself write in American english..... And for the fact that they teach British english here in India and that I am also quite obsessed with it.

I hope that you are liking this fic and that I am making you cry. I have updated the preview on the upper note, so make sure to read it for some context.

Have a good day :)